Events
Krakow really is a town that parties all year round. Krakow hosts a flurry of events that will captivate and entertain you. During the Summer months the Plac’s are abound with Festivals and cheer that guarantee plenty of smiles and lots of beers. During Winter Cracovians head indoors but continue to celebrate life and liberty and love!
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New Year in Krakow
Category: Public Holidays in Poland
Place: Krakow-Market-Square Date: 01.01New Year in Krakow December in Krakow? An excellent idea. You catch Santa twice (on Mikolajki and Christmas Eve ) then hear the Christmas carols and buy some weird and beautiful handicraft products on the annual market. And if you wait long enough, you'll see perhaps the biggest New Year's party in Europe. But first, a few facts: New Year's Eve isn't a public holiday in Poland, so there's enough time to stock up for the big party (although you... More »
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Shanties Festival
Category: Krakow Festivals
Place: Rotunda Club Date: 19.02Shanties Festival Although the sea is five hundred kilometers away, and even in a thousand years the global warming won't bring its shores to Krakow , the city is prepared for an onslaught of sea dogs. In fact, it suffers one every February since 1981 during the Shanties festival. The International Sea Songs Festival “Shanties” started off as a local event, taking place some 27 years ago in a basement of a community center in Krakow. Su... More »
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Womens Day
Category: Traditional Celebrations
Date: 08.03Women's Day Poland celebrates the International Women's Day on March 8 th , like other countries. However, it seems that the Polish celebrations of the Women's Day ( Polish Dzień Kobiet, pronounced 'jen kobhet') are somewhat special, and somewhat linked to the country's communist past – and although there's only a slight chance that a Krakow girl will call you a 'commie' when you hand her a flower on Women's Day, this indeed might happen. Women's Day an... More »
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Easter
Category: Public Holidays in Poland
Place: Krakow-Market-Square Date: 12.04Easter in Krakow Krakow at Easter is a particularly colorful and jolly place to visit (apart from maybe Good Friday), and the Misteria Paschalia Festival adds a pinch of the profound to the atmosphere. The Easter Sunday and Monday are public holidays , so nearly all shops and banks will be closed. Palm Sunday The Easter celebrations start a week before the Easter Sunday – on the Palm Sunday the faithful go to the Krakow... More »
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Category: Krakow Festivals
Tolerance Festival
Place: Krakow-Market-Square Date: 16.04Tolerance Festival While Krakow is perhaps the most gay-friendly city in Poland – and at one point Cracow planned to organize a promotional campaign aimed exclusively at the gay community – it seems that tolerance is still an issue to be discussed in the country. In 2003 several members of the Krakow branch of the Kampania Przeciw Homofobii (Anti-Homophoby Campaign) decided to change the unfortunate course of events, by organizing the first Toleranc... More »
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Lajkonik
Date: Spring Annually
Lajkonik If one doesn't wander around Nowa Huta at night, or meet a particularly dissatisfied group of Cracovia or Wisla fans, it is not likely that one will get hit with a bat or a club in Krakow. A mace – that's a different story. If you're hit – don't be mad, be grateful, as it will mean you've been blessed by the Lajkonik, one of the most distinguishable figures of the Krakow folklore – and one of the most loved ones. To commemorate Po... more » -
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